Kerclément dolmen
The Dolmen of Kerclément (also called Dolmen of Er-Roc'h ) is located west of the hamlet Kerclément, east of Belz in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France . In France, dolmen is the generic term for megalithic structures of all kinds (see: French nomenclature ).
The damaged Dolmen of Kerclément consists of four bearing stones, a side plate and the capstone.
A gold spiral with three holes was discovered during the excavation. It was taken to a museum in Le Mans .
Nearby are the Dolmen of Kerlutu , Dolmen of Kerguéran and Dolmen of Kerhuen and the Menhir of Vilionec .
See also
literature
- Jacques Briard : Mégalithes de Bretagne. Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0119-X .
- Pierre-Roland Giot: Prehistory in Brittany. Menhirs and dolmens. Editions d'Art Jos le Doaré, Chateaulin 1991, ISBN 2-85543-076-3 .
- Philippe Gouézin: Les Mégalithes du Morbihan intérieur. Des Landes de Lanvaux au nord du département , Collection Patrimoine archéologique de Bretagne, Institut culturel de Bretagne, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie-Préhistoire (UPR 403 CNRS), Université de Rennes I, 1994.
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
Web links
- Description and pictures (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ker is a Breton appellative that is often used as a prefix for place names. It means: "inhabited place".
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 8 " N , 3 ° 8 ′ 46.4" W.